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A team that recently scored 3 in the bottom of the ninth should be written off. LMAO.

Yes, it may be planned to go Gray 1st, Tolle 2nd and Suarez 3rd.

Justin Gonzales is just 19 and in AA, now. Arias is 20 and in AAA. Maybe he gets promoted to MLB, this fall. 19 year old, Primera was promoted to Salem 20 year old Valera in on the IL with GRE, and Delzine is with Salem at age 19,That's 4 of the top 7 prospects on the young side at each level. The others are... 4. Godbout 22 at AA. 6. Schaffner 21 at A+. 8. Hull 22 at A+ 9. Holobetz 24 AAA and 10. Wehunt 25 AAA 11. Phillips 22 A+ The next 4 are 18-20: Mataczynski 18 FCL, Cespedes 20 AA, Shelar 19 A- and Soto 18 at FCL,

Suarez with over 90 pitches in just 5 IP. Here we were worried about needing Bello to piggyback Bennett or Tolle, or even Sandoval, but instead, it's our #2.

That Ceddanne hit puts him at a respectable .791. That's about 50th out of 135 qualifying players in MLB. Last year, he was at .791 on July 11th, .764 on August 3rd and down to .714 by August 24th. He ended up dipping down to .682 by September 18th, but rebounded at the end to get up to his final .708 OPS. (114th out of 145.) In 2024, he finished the season at .664 (117th out of 129.) He was at .710 on August 13th. That was two years in a row of pretty poor endings, but he doesn't seem to be slowing down, this year. He still has ups and downs, but not nearly as prolonged. His range of OPS (sounds like an Army term) has been: May: .683-.793 June:.758-.804 July: .758-.781 August: .784-.808 (so far) Of course, as the season rolls on, the wide fluctuations are harder to be so wide. Monthly OPS: .712>.825>.735>.844>.837 2025 OPS: .598>.698>.870> .852>.583> .669 2024 OPS: .561>.698> .714> .813> .655> .512

Duran still 7th. (I'm trying the reverse jinx, again.)

One of the main points in education is to require a student support their claims with evidence or logical details/statements. Nobody has ever claimed that Rafaela does not have issues with plate discipline. We all know he does and don't refute it. Some have claimed he's improved on his K and BB rates and ratios, but have never said he's become a disciplined batter. Some have claimed he's hit okay, despite being undisciplined and that he has continuously improved his production numbers at bat. This also does not refute the undisciplined position, and is actually trying to "balance" how we can or even should view Ceddanne. Fred thinks that because he occasionally praises CR after a HR or 3-4 night, he's being "balanced." That position is preponderancely absurd. (Yup- I invented a word, because Fred deserves one especially tailored to his absurdities.) Rafaela has an extreme chase rate. Rafaela has poor plate discipline. That is 99% of what Fred says, and he says that's balanced. I shoulda listened to you and others and not bothered trying.

The playoffs are more than 5 weeks away. Being hot now is not the same as then, but I agree: we look and feel dangerous.

You claim to be informing blind "ingnorers," and you wont defend your thesis. You are about as balanced as Faux News and MSN. You get an F and back on ignore.

Agreed. two 15 team divisions. 3 games ve other league (3 x 15=45) 8 games x 14 in own league (14 x 8=112) 157 total. Rotate an extra game vs other league making 5 teams a 4 game series or 2 H and 2A.

2.8 M live within 60 mins of SA and 2.3M within 60 of Austin. Put the stadium 40 mins to each and we're nearing 4-5M total with 60 mins.

Metropolitan areas and populations count nearby suburbs, towns and cities. There are at least 5-6 other areas with mor epeople within driving distance. San Antonio and Austin are huge. They are and hour and 20 mins apart. Both could support a team, but you could put the park 40 mins between them. Not ideal, I know, but either alone is better than SLC.

Same ole- same ole and no answer to my point. Who is the blind poster ignoring his lack of discipline? Just name one. You would not get an A when not answering the quewstion.

You created a strawman, and that is what I'm responding to. Don't distract. "I'll continue to point out his weaknesses-the ones who wear blinders ignore." Not a single poster believes or has posted they think Ceddanne does not lack plate discipline. I'm pretty sure everyone knows and thinks he is near the bottom of the league in plate discipline. Not everyone thinks it matters as much as you do, if the guy still produces. He's also done mildly better with his K:BB ratio and much better with his OBP. Can you name one person, besides Mr. Stawman, who thinks Ceddanne does not lack discipline at the plate?

What a comeback by the Phillies.

No, you added that we are blind and dont know Rafaela has poor discipline and u need to school us.

Why? With Oak out, I'd think Sacramento is in. SLC? I'd think North Carolina (Charlotte is #21 metro area and NC is baseball country), San Antonio (23rd) between SA and Austin (25t) Maybe, even Indianapolis (33rd) would be better. Nashville #34 Raleigh #40 (CHar-Raleigh?) Memphis and OKL City are bigger than SLC.

Nobody is saying he's even close to average.

Nobody is saying he has plus plate discipline, so who is wearing blinders? Mr. Stawman?

Then you were misleading.

Did you see the stat where Ceddanne leads the league in 2 strike hits? Of course, it's likely he gets to 2 strikes more than anyone else, but that's still pretty impressive. Among Sox players.... (before today's 2 hits w 2 strikes) .218 BA in 289 PAs Rafaela .212 BA in 272 PAs Contreras .164 BA in 283 PAs Abreu .135 BA in 261 PAs Duran

"It's clear to everybody he has totally lost all discipline."

To be honest, I'd rather see MLB shrink to 28 teams (4 divisions of 7.) It won't ever happen, but baseball would be better with 28. 32 teams does make for an easier playoff format, with 4 division winners and 4 WC per league, but I hope they don't hand the division winners the home field. I might prefer 4 divisions of 8 over 8 divisions of 4, but that won't happen. If no teams switch leagues, maybe the 8 divisions might look like this: AL BOS, NYY, BAL, TOR DET, CLE, CWS, MIN TBR, KCR, HOU, TEX SEA, SAC, LAA, LV NL NYM, PHI, WSH PIT ATL, MIA, NC, STL CIN, MIL, CHC, COL SFG, LAD, SDP, AZ I'd swap a few NL-AL teams into this: AL BOS, NYY, BAL, WSH MIA, TBR, HOU, TEX TOR, CLE, DET, CIN SEA, LAA, LV, SAC NL NYM, PHI, PIT, NC ATL, STL, KCR, COL CHC, CWS, MIL, MIN SFG, LAD, SDP, AZ Go total Geographic: TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM PHI, PIT, WSH, BAL NC, ATL, TBR, MIA DET, CLE, CIN, INDY MIN, MIL, CWS, CHC KCR, STL, TEX, HOU SEA, SFG, LV, COL LAD, LAA, SDP, AZ Wouldn't 4 divisions of 8 make things neater? TOR, BOS, NYY, NYM, PHI, PIT, BAL, WSH NC, ATL, TBR, MIA, KCR, STL, TEX, HOU DET, CLE, CIN, CHC, CWS, MIL, MIN, COL LV, AZ, SEA, SFG, SAC, LAD, LAA, SDP

Best Sox winning % since 2018: (Last 8 seasons) .568 2021 (Bloom) .549 2025 (Brez) .546 2026 (Brez) .519 2019 (DD) .500 2024 (Brez) .481 2022 & 2023 (Bloom & Bloom) .400 2020 (Bloom) Can we continue the continued improved record since 2023? .481> .500> .549> ___

The farm went 0-4 today.